Eeeep!!!!

This is more difficult for me than I thought it would be. My topic is so broad I have no idea how to narrow it down so that it will fit snuggly into the small amount of pages it has to fit into. I cannot even narrow down what I want to talk about so I can maintain my focus. I have so many thoughts and ideas running through my head and I feel incapable as to how to focus them properly. My thoughts are sporadic and sometimes I lose them and sometimes I just do not know what to do with them. I am writing about the stereotypes of women and I know I really want to focus on how women as a corps have evolved throughout society. I have that primary focus but I am unable to identify where I should obtain the information that aids me in clarifying this. Yes, I am using the movie Love & Basketball and yes I have gotten some insight and input from another more advance female midshipman but where do I go from there as far as information. I can most definitely search the internet but then I feel like my paper will be too politically correct in a sense that it contains too much fact and that is not my style as far as writing go I like to ease factual information in. I could also go to my numerous peers and mentors or people that have higher authority over me but then all of their opinions would take up the space where my opinion belongs. What do I do? My opinion on this matter is not even clear to myself and if I have not gotten that clear and on point how am I supposed to begin properly entering all the other information I have received? Are there any exercises that I could possibly do that will aid me into clearly setting my focus? I believe if I get my focus entirely together then I will be able to complete my paper on a much better level than I would be able to right now.